The comedy series starring Randall Park, Constance Wu and Hudson Yang will run for a full 22 episodes after previously getting a 13-episode season 2 pickup.
- Oct 14, 2015
AceShowbiz - ABC has given a full-season back-nine order to "Fresh Off the Boat". The comedy will run for a full 22 episodes in its second season after it was picked for a 13-episode run. The family comedy's cast received the news at the table read on Tuesday, October 13.
"Fresh Off the Boat" has been a steady ratings performer on ABC this fall. Airing behind "The Muppets", the family comedy was eclipsed by the flashy newcomer during premiere week, but while "The Muppets" has steadily declined, "Fresh Off the Boat" has stayed the course.
The season-two premiere of "Fresh Off the Boat" pulled an impressive 6 million total viewers. The series is averaging 5.2 million total viewers through three episodes in live-plus-same-day returns.
Produced by 20th Century Fox, "Fresh Off the Boat" was inspired by Eddie Huang's memoir of the same name. It stars Randall Park as Louis, Constance Wu as Jessica, Hudson Yang as Eddie, Forrest Wheeler as Emery and Ian Chen as Evan. Showrunner Nahnatchka Khan is serving as executive producer along with with Jake Kasdan and Melvin Mar.
